“Discover Christmas at Glencairn” has been extended through January 31!
There's still time to visit the Museum to experience our collection of Christmas art and enjoy the Great and Upper Halls decorated for the holidays. Click here to read our new visiting guidelines.
Friday, November 27, 2020 – Sunday, January 31, 2021
Three one-hour self-guided time slots are available daily beginning at 12:30 pm, 1:45 pm, and 3:00 pm.
Access to "Discover Christmas at Glencairn" is offered by a $5 per person suggested donation.
Registration is required by 10 am the day of your visit. If you would like to request private access, please email tours@glencairnmuseum.org.
Tour size is limited. Additional tour times may be added when demand is high. Please call Visitor Services 267.502.2990 for additional tour times.
New for 2020, the first floor of Glencairn will be decorated for the holidays with poinsettias, wreaths, a Christmas tree with antique glass ornaments, and much more. The Great Hall and Upper Hall include works of art illustrating the Christmas story (medieval to modern). Children are invited to participate in the Nativity Seek-and-Find—and will be rewarded with a prize. Christmas decorations used by the Raymond and Mildred Pitcairn family when they lived at Glencairn will be on display, including a miniature diorama with Swedish tomtar (elves), a Steiff ride-on donkey, and a large three-part Nativity scene made for the Pitcairns and on display at Glencairn every year since 1939. Enjoy discovering the first floor of Glencairn on your own, or use our web-app platform for a narrated self-guided tour of works of art illustrating the story of Jesus’ birth; a link will be provided.
(Masks are required during your visit.)
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Further information and photographs concerning the tomtar can be found in a 2013 issue of Glencairn Museum News. Click here to read the article.